Garden Quartz Statement Necklace in Sterling Silver

This garden quartz is like having a tiny world captured inside a crystal. The quartz is beautifully clear, letting you look straight through to the dense golden-brown mineral inclusions suspended within it. There’s so much depth that your eye keeps moving between what appears close to the surface and what seems to sit much farther below. The high dome adds to that effect, almost like looking through a small gazing ball into a landscape preserved inside. Set into a substantial sterling silver necklace, it makes an unusual statement piece while the warm, earthy coloring keeps it surprisingly easy to wear.

What makes a really good garden quartz so fascinating is that all of this happened naturally as the quartz formed, trapping other minerals within the crystal as it grew. Here, those inclusions gather into intricate formations while the clean quartz lets you see an incredible amount of detail. Move it through the light and the view changes again. It’s the kind of stone that rewards looking closely, and inevitably makes other people want to look closely too.

Garden quartz, also known as lodolite or inclusion quartz, forms when other minerals become enclosed within quartz during its growth. No two develop the same internal formations, which is part of what makes especially clear specimens so compelling. Metaphysically, garden quartz is associated with grounding, growth and reflection.

✧ Stone: Natural garden quartz (lodolite/inclusion quartz)
✧ Stone Size: Just under 1 inch wide in setting
✧ Metal: Sterling silver
✧ Chain: Sterling silver textured links with sterling silver disc chain
✧ Necklace Length: 18 inches with a 2-inch extension chain, adjustable up to 20 inches
✧ Closure: Sterling silver lobster claw clasp
✧ Finish: Patinaed and polished sterling silver

One-of-a-kind and made with care in my studio.